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Alaya Dawn Johnson Books in Order

Alaya Dawn Johnson has written 13 books, published between 2007 and 2025. The first book is Racing the Dark (2007) and the newest is What I Saw Before the War (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2007–2025
Pages on record
1,713 in 5 of 13 books
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Alaya Dawn Johnson, born in 1982, is an American writer of speculative fiction. Thirteen books are catalogued from Racing the Dark (2007) to What I Saw Before the War (2025). Zephyr Hollis and Spirit Binders are Johnson's catalogued series, and other titles include The Burning City (2009), Moonshine (2010), The Summer Prince (2013) and Love Is the Drug (2014). Recorded subjects include vampires, spirits, coming of age, young women and New York City.

How many Alaya Dawn Johnson books are there?

Alaya Dawn Johnson has 13 books, released between 2007 and 2025. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Alaya Dawn Johnson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Alaya Dawn Johnson books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Racing the Dark by Alaya Dawn Johnson, book 1 of the Spirit Binders series (2007)
  2. Cover of The Burning City by Alaya Dawn Johnson, book 2 of the Spirit Binders series (2009)
  3. Cover of The Goblin King by Alaya Dawn Johnson, book 10 of the Twisted Journeys series (2009)
  4. Cover of Moonshine by Alaya Dawn Johnson, book 1 of the Zephyr Hollis series (2010)
  5. Cover of Detective Frankenstein by Alaya Dawn Johnson, book 14 of the Twisted Journeys series (2010)
  6. Cover of Wicked City by Alaya Dawn Johnson, book 2 of the Zephyr Hollis series (2012)
  7. Cover of The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson (2013)
  8. Cover of Love Is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson (2014)
  9. Cover of Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson (2020)
  10. Cover of The Library of Broken Worlds by Alaya Dawn Johnson (2023)
  1. 1
    Racing the DarkSpirit Binders #12007 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007368
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  2. 2
    The Burning CitySpirit Binders #22009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  3. 3
    The Goblin KingTwisted Journeys #102009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  4. 4
    MoonshineZephyr Hollis #12010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  5. 5
    Detective FrankensteinTwisted Journeys #142010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  6. 6
    Wicked CityZephyr Hollis #22012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    The Inconstant MoonZephyr Hollis #32012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  8. 8
    The Summer Prince2013 · 289 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013289
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  9. 9
    Love Is the Drug2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  10. 10
    Reconstruction2020 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020256
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  11. 11
    Trouble the Saints2020 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020352
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  12. 12
    The Library of Broken Worlds2023 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023448
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  13. 13
    What I Saw Before the War2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Alaya Dawn Johnson books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Zephyr Hollis in order

3 books
  1. 1. Moonshine
  2. 2. Wicked City
  3. 3. The Inconstant Moon

Spirit Binders in order

2 books
  1. 1. Racing the Dark
  2. 2. The Burning City

Twisted Journeys in order

2 books
  1. 10. The Goblin King
  2. 14. Detective Frankenstein

Standalone books

6 books

6 Alaya Dawn Johnson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Alaya Dawn Johnson books in order?

You only need to read Alaya Dawn Johnson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Alaya Dawn Johnson

Start with Racing the Dark (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alaya Dawn Johnson book?

What I Saw Before the War (2025) is the newest Alaya Dawn Johnson book released so far.

Is there a new Alaya Dawn Johnson book coming?

No next Alaya Dawn Johnson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Alaya Dawn Johnson has won

Wikidata records 3 awards and 12 nominations for Alaya Dawn Johnson. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • World Fantasy Award for Best Novel2021Wonfor Trouble the Saints
  • Nebula Award for Best Novelette2015Wonfor A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i
  • Andre Norton Award2015Wonfor Love Is the Drug
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2024Shortlistedfor The Witch Is Not the Monster
  • Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2024Shortlistedfor The Library of Broken Worlds
  • Locus Award for Best Collection2022Shortlistedfor Reconstruction
  • Ignyte Award for Best Anthology/Collected Works2022Shortlistedfor Reconstruction
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2021Shortlistedfor Trouble the Saints
  • Locus Award for Best Anthology2017Shortlistedfor Tremontaine
  • Locus Award for Best Novelette2015Shortlistedfor A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i
  • Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2015Shortlistedfor Love Is the Drug
  • Nebula Award for Best Novelette2014Shortlistedfor They Shall Salt the Earth with Seeds of Glass

Alaya Dawn Johnson at a glance

Still publishing
Alaya Dawn Johnson published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Alaya Dawn Johnson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,713 pages across the 5 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alaya Dawn Johnson books, 6 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Alaya Dawn Johnson books are about

10 of the 13 Alaya Dawn Johnson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: supernatural is tagged on 3 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.